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Searching for Sugar Man

Summary: Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

Release Date: July 26, 2012

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Director: Malik Bendjelloul

Writers: Malik Bendjelloul

, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman

, Craig Bartholomew Strydom

Runtime: 1 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, Canfield Pictures, The Documentary Company, Hysteria Film, Saperi Film, Sveriges Television (SVT), YLE Co-Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Countries: Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,696,196

International: $ 5,520,356

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